Polio Programme Targets Wild Poliovirus Eradication Certification by End-2027

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Polio Emergency Committee Due for Its 46th Review

  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandWorld Health Organization

  

  Starts 11/21/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 52 daysWHO^[1][2][3][4] gives no 46th meeting date; the 45th statement "extended the Temporary Recommendations ... effective, 21 August 2026" and recommended "extending the Temporary Recommendations for a further three months", which puts the next review near 21 November.

  WHO extended the polio Temporary Recommendations for a further three months from 21 August 2026, so the IHR Emergency Committee is expected to review whether polio remains a public health emergency around late November. Wild poliovirus type 1 stays confined to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Pakistan Confirms Fifth Wild Polio Case of 2026 in Bannu

  Domel, Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanNational Emergency Operations Centre (Pakistan)

  

  Starts 09/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1 day agoGeo^[1] News^[2], 29 September 2026: the NEOC reported "the fifth polio case of 2026", a 17-month-old girl in Domel tehsil, Bannu.

  Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Centre announced on 29 September a wild poliovirus case in a 17-month-old girl from Khandar Khankhel union council, Domel tehsil, Bannu district, the fifth of 2026. Four of the five cases are from Bannu division; Pakistan reported 31 in 2025.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  South-East Asia's Measles and Rubella Elimination Deadline Falls

  WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi, IndiaWorld Health Organization

  

  Starts 12/31/2026DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins6 years late68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 92 daysAt the Seventy-seventh Regional Committee on 10 October 2024 members "agreed to extend the target for elimination of measles and rubella by the Region, aspiring to achieve by 2026"; a year alone is taken as its last day.^[1]

  WHO South-East Asia's target to eliminate measles and rubella by 2026 reaches its deadline on 31 December, after being moved from 2020 to 2023 to 2026. The Regional Verification Commission warned in June that the target "may not be achieved" as outbreaks rise in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Thailand and Maldives.

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• Health09/21/2026@HealthDesk

  The Salk Polio Vaccine Is Declared Safe and Effective

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States

  

  Starts 04/12/1955CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better71.5 years agoThe field trial results were announced at the University of Michigan on 12 April 1955, the date the announcement itself carries.^[1]

  At Ann Arbor, Thomas Francis Jr announced the results of the largest medical field trial ever run - 1.8 million children - and pronounced Jonas Salk's polio vaccine safe, effective and potent. Church bells rang across the United States; within two years American cases had fallen by almost 90 per cent.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Gavi Board Meets December 9-10, 2026 on Vaccine Programmes

  Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Chemin du Pommier 40, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, SwitzerlandGavi, the Vaccine Alliance

  

  12/09/2026 - 12/10/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 70 daysGavi's^[1][2][3][4] governance calendar lists 2026 board meetings as "25-26 March", "1-2 July" and "9-10 December"; the meeting location is not stated on the page.

  The board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, holds its December 2026 meeting on 9-10 December, the governing body that oversees vaccine programmes for measles, malaria, cholera and other diseases in lower-income countries.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  PAHO Reviews US and Mexico Measles Elimination Status

  Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, United StatesPan American Health Organization

  

  Starts 11/30/2026DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins7 months late68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 61 daysPAHO^[1][2] says the review will occur "in November 2026, during the Commission's regular annual meeting" of the RVC, giving no day, so the pin takes the last day of November.

  PAHO's Regional Verification Commission will decide in November 2026 whether the United States and Mexico, each a year into sustained measles transmission, keep their elimination status; Canada and the Americas region already lost theirs in November 2025.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  80th World Health Assembly Opens in Geneva; PABS Annex Due

  Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandWorld Health Organization

  

  05/23/2027 - 05/30/2027SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 235 daysWHO's^[1][2][3][4] constitutional meetings calendar lists "23-30 May" Geneva for the "Eightieth World Health Assembly", and the 18 September 2026 news item names "May 2027" (WHA80) for the PABS annex.

  The World Health Assembly opens in Geneva on 23 May 2027 with the Pandemic Agreement's pathogen access and benefit-sharing (PABS) annex due for consideration after member states extended the negotiations in 2026.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  France Ends 2026 Chikungunya and Dengue Surveillance Season

  Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, FranceSanté publique France

  

  Starts 11/30/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 61 daysEstimated: SPF's data page says enhanced surveillance 'typically runs from May 1 to November 30'; the 2026 bulletin covers 1 May onward and no 2026 end date is stated.^[1]

  Santé publique France's enhanced surveillance of chikungunya, dengue, Zika and West Nile normally closes on 30 November; as of 21 September 2026 it counted 13 chikungunya episodes with 90 locally acquired cases, plus 4 dengue episodes with 6 cases.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  CPHIA 2026 Public Health in Africa Conference Opens in Addis Ababa

  Addis Ababa, EthiopiaAfrica CDC

  

  11/23/2026 - 11/27/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 54 daysAfrica CDC's^[1][2][3] event page gives "23-27 November 2026" in Addis Ababa, co-hosted with the Government of Ethiopia.

  Africa CDC and Ethiopia host the 5th International Conference on Public Health in Africa, 23-27 November 2026, under the theme of health security and sovereignty as the Bundibugyo Ebola emergency continues.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Vaccination Week in the Americas 2027 Begins

  Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, United StatesPan American Health Organization

  

  04/24/2027 - 05/01/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 206 daysEstimated: PAHO^[1][2][3] has not announced 2027 dates, but the week is held in the last week of April and the 2026 edition ran "From 25 April to 2 May, 2026" (24th annual), so the pin repeats that Saturday-to-Saturday slot from 24 April 2027.

  PAHO and every country and territory in the Americas mark their 25th Vaccination Week at the end of April 2027, the yearly push to catch up children and adults on vaccines as measles spreads across the region.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  FDA Decision Due on GSK's Bepirovirsen for Chronic Hepatitis B

  FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, United StatesGSK

  

  Starts 10/26/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 26 daysGSK's^[1][2] release states "October 26, 2026 assigned by FDA as PDUFA date" and its later release says a US decision is "expected from the FDA by 26 October 2026".

  The FDA has set 26 October 2026 as its priority-review goal date for GSK's bepirovirsen, an antisense drug aimed at a functional cure of chronic hepatitis B after two positive phase III B-Well trials.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Uganda Starts Five-Day National Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign

  Kampala, UgandaUganda Ministry of Health

  

  10/01/2026 - 10/05/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 1 dayThe government's campaign notice and The Observer^[2] both give October 1-5, 2026 ("a five-day national measles-rubella vaccination campaign set for October").

  Uganda's Ministry of Health runs a nationwide measles-rubella booster campaign from 1 to 5 October 2026 for children under five regardless of past vaccination, aiming for about 7.47 million children after measles outbreaks in 18 districts this year.

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